If you’re a homesteader who enjoys growing a bountiful harvest of tomatoes every summer in your backyard garden, you may find yourself with more tomatoes than you know what to do with! This happens to me every summer! Here are 16 Ways to Preserve Your Tomato Harvest that will have you eating fresh-tasting tomatoes throughout the winter.
With tomato growing season upon us, now is a great time to share a collection of recipes like these! If at all possible, I encourage you to try growing fresh tomatoes in your backyard. And, if you happen to live in an apartment with no backyard, but have access to a balcony, you can easily grow tomatoes in pots! You simply cannot beat the taste of a locally grown, summer fresh tomato. That is exactly why I grow many and can them so that I can have that fresh tomato taste all year round! Here are 16 of my favourite ways to preserve my tomato harvest!
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Corn and Black Bean Salsa not only includes all of your favourite salsa ingredients like tomatoes, peppers, and onions, but also has jalapenos, canned corn, and canned black beans too. Using a water bath canning method, it’s easy to stock your pantry with this bright and fresh salsa recipe!
Summer fresh tomatoes are packed into jars and canned with fresh garlic and red onions. Well-seasoned and preserved Canned Tomato Bruschetta can be easily and quickly assembled at any time! Pile onto grilled bread or toss with cooked pasta for a delicious meal! This is a great way to preserve your homegrown tomatoes!
Spoon this Canned Tomato Relish onto hamburgers, hotdogs, sausages, and sandwiches too. Prepared with cucumbers, bell peppers, zucchini, onion, and tomatoes, this relish is the best way to preserve all of that homegrown late-summer harvest!
This tomato-based BBQ sauce has so much flavour! It is prepared with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, garlic, and a hot chili or two if you like it spicy. Process in a water bath canner and stock your pantry with what is about to become your new favourite condiment!
A really good pizza comes down to two things – the dough and the sauce. The toppings are secondary to those! Canned Pizza Sauce is the answer to preparing a pizzeria style pizza at home. Make a batch, store it in your pantry, and make delicious pizzas at home for a fraction of the cost!
Fire roasted tomatoes and chilies are what make up the bulk of Canned Rotel Style Tomatoes. They can be either mild or spicy, depending on your personal preference. Add a jar of these tomatoes to pasta sauce, chili, casseroles, and even bean dip! The possibilities are endless and the flavour is tremendous! Make a batch with your locally grown, summer-fresh tomatoes and stock your pantry for the winter!
Canned Seasoned Tomato Sauce is prepared with summer fresh, locally grown tomatoes, and seasoned with classic tomato sauce ingredients like onion, garlic, basil, and oregano. Not only will you contain all of that fresh tomato flavour, but you’ll cut dinner time prep in half!
The number of recipes that have tomato sauce as an ingredient are far too plentiful to count! Store bought canned tomato sauce fails in comparison to a homemade version. Working with summer fresh, locally grown tomatoes, this recipe will help to contain all of that freshness and flavour which will elevate your favourite recipes all winter long!
Unlike store-bought chunky salsa, Restaurant Style Canned Tomato Salsa, sometimes called Blender Salsa, is a smooth condiment that lends itself to more than just a dip for chips!
Many recipes include Canned Diced Tomatoes. Why not make your own with those local and fresh end of summer tomatoes? They’re very budget-friendly and taste so much better than what you can buy in a store. Stock your pantry and have that fresh tomato flavour all winter long!
Always have a great-tasting chili with deep flavour on hand with this Canned Chili Sauce recipe. Just add beans and simmer! But, that’s not all; heat the sauce and ladle it over a baked potato, or over fries topped with shredded cheese. So many possibilities when you have a pantry stocked with this sauce!
A great base for any pasta sauce, soup or stew; Canned Stewed Tomatoes is an inventive way to jazz up baked chicken or broiled seafood. Each jar is packed with tomatoes, onions, celery, and green bell pepper, making meal prep fast and easy!
A very precise and accurate copycat version of Harry & David’s popular relish, Pepper and Onion Relish is a condiment you’ll use over and over again, making it so worth the effort!
Corn, black beans, tomatoes, red bell peppers, onions, and chipotle in adobo sauce; is there a better salsa combination?  Trader Joe’s Copycat Cowboy Caviar is easy and delicious, and now you can stock your pantry with it and eat to your heart’s content!
Canned Tomato Soup is a comfort food for many. A homemade version is better; made with summer fresh tomatoes and canned for winter-long freshness. Grilled cheese anyone? Keep your pantry stocked with this soup and enjoy fresh-tasting, homemade tomato soup all winter long!
A traditional relish with a southern twist! Prepared with corn, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and jalapenos, Southern Corn Relish is a condiment that demands respect and attention! Use as a condiment on hot dogs and burgers, stir into pasta salad, or spoon over sliced cold meats for dinner!
Here’s a bonus recipe for you! At the end of your growing season, don’t throw those green tomatoes into your compost pile. Pickle them! They make a great snack, especially on a charcuterie board paired with sharp cheese!
At the end of growing season, just before the first frost, harvest the last of those unripened cherry tomatoes and make a batch of Pickled Green Tomatoes! It’s a shame to let them go to waste when you can make something so delicious in just a few minutes!
16 WAYS TO PRESERVE YOUR TOMATO HARVEST
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